I need Professional Preist advice Plz.

[Roguegirl]

Guys i dont want to sound like a complete retard and newbie, but this is my first time playing a preist, only decided to make my preist because i got sick of hand to hand combat....


so my question is what do you consider to be the best spec"?, i would like to do some good dmg...however be able to heal at times...i dont want to get bored so i chose shadow, although not sure if its right for me...

I feel like she's so weak even tho shes lvl 40 with Boa gear.

What should my Stats be according to you guys and to manage better dps?

and any other advice would be absolutely appreciated. thx

[Veiled]

~moved this to the correct forum.

You should go with int/haste as shadow while you're leveling if possible, but honestly as long as you have items with int, you'll be fine. Stat priority isn't that big of a deal until you get to 85.

If you don't like Shadow (IMo it doesn't get fun until later anyway) leveling as disc can be super fun. You can still quest and DPS; You can also queue as a healer for dungeons and you can heal/dps that way too. Just know that if you queue as a healer, it's your job to keep everyone alive over DPSing anything.

Right now my advice is just to have fun and don't worry about DPS and in-depth stat priorities. Enjoy the game and leveling (as much as leveling can be enjoyed).

Good luck!

[Roguegirl]

Awesome advice thankyou, whats the best way to practice in healing? i mean its ur responsible to keep them alive..I dont want to go into a dungeon as a newbie on a preist and completely screw up...lol

[Ashleycakez]

Doing dungeons is the best way imo. Unless you plan to heal in PvP. (Although I do recommend PvP at max level to develop instincts as to when to use your own personal CDs).

This thread should help you with 5 mans while leveling: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1598

Once you hit max level you can check out the Holy and Disc guides for more detailed PvE information.

[iwasadwarf]

the main thing you need to get over when you first start healing is the 'fear' of healing.

i remember the first time i started healing and your filled with the 'fear' of not being able to fill your role.

'what if people die'
'do i have the regen'

ect ect but the best advice anyone can give you is just grab a healing spec jump into a dungeon and test it out for yourself. you will do fine and you may even enjoy it more than dps :)

[Roguegirl]

Yep and thanks, ill try a dungeon out soon, and ill let u know how bad i was lol, but great advice and ill keep checking in....So you think i should go disc?

[Ashleycakez]

Disc is nice for low level dungeons, but that's not to say Holy can't do it fine either.

I'd recommend you try out both as you level and see which spec you enjoy more and build upon that on your way to max level.

[Roguegirl]

Well,... Result was, done awesome in the dungeon, healed fine, got a little hairy at times, but all good....As far as pvp i got slaughtered lol...how is it they can smashed through our aura's? when ur trying to heal? i thought the auras protected you?

[Shadoris]

the main thing you need to get over when you first start healing is the 'fear' of healing.

i remember the first time i started healing and your filled with the 'fear' of not being able to fill your role.

'what if people die'
'do i have the regen'

ect ect but the best advice anyone can give you is just grab a healing spec jump into a dungeon and test it out for yourself. you will do fine and you may even enjoy it more than dps :)

I am no expert, but I would like to address your "fears"
There are how many millions of people playing wow today? Are you going to let the opinions of a select few ruin "YOUR" fun? At the end of the day, you are playing the $15.00 a month, you make the choices what you wish to do with your game time. As soon as I developed that attitude the game became even more fun for me! My first toon was a shadow, not something I would ever recommend. But I leveled her up, and I still have fun with her. But I was asked to heal once on a guild run, was not a pretty sight! There were no survivors....so I rolled a new holy toon and have done nothing but run dungeons as a healer. Yes I have had some jerks who want to scream at me that I am a noob. I really no longer care what they say, I know the truth and I know what is and is not my fault. If the tank refuses to stay within my range...I will get closer and "triage" his ass....if he wont give me time to mana up, he dies. And the REAL bright side..healers get almost instant ques! :)
I hope this helps

[Froodychick]

@Shadoris- Thanks for your insight into dungeons! I am a low level shadow priest, and have been scared to death of the dungeons due to how I got the one and only time I tried one. It was if I had to keep everyone alive no matter what they did; ran out of my range, pulled the whole mob instead of kiting first, and couple times different players pulled different mobs at the same time. I was healing as fast as I could, but it was really frustrating. Perhaps I'll try it again with the attitude that I will give it my best, but I don't have a spell to cure assholes.